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They are showing the Cheick Kongo - Dan Evensen fight from earlier.
Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring
Lesnar came to the cage first. Huge ovation for the hometown favorite. Clay Guida's in the front row taking pictures. Gotta love the guy.
Round 1: Lesnar came out with a flying knee, hit a right hand that knocked Herring down and tumbled him backwards and then got a headlock on Herring against the cage. Herring is cut already. They went back to the middle of the cage and Lesnar immediately took Herring down again. Lesnar rocked Herring with knees to the body. Lesnar is looking way more composed than his fight with Frank Mir. Lesnar landed more hard knees to Herring. Lesnar absolutely dominated this round, 10-8 for Lesnar.
Jesse Ventura was shown at ringside.
Round 2: Lesnar got side control on Herring early. On the ground Lesnar was dropping some hard knees. Herring got up back took some hard knees to the abdomen. Lesnar finished the round strong again, 10-9 for Lesnar.
Round 3: Lesnar started with a big kick. Herring got Lesnar against the cage but Lesnar turned it around and landed a couple of more knees to Herring. Lesnar got full mount but Heath scrambled out. Lesnar took Herring back down and got full mount in the closing seconds. Lesnar showboated and started getting some boos from the crowd. Another 10-9 round for Lesnar. Complete domination from Lesnar.
Winner via unanimous decision with all 3 judges scoring it 30-26: Brock Lesnar
Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch
Round 1: St. Pierre immediately took Fitch down. Mike Goldberg noted that no one has ever been able to pass Fitch's guard. Later in the round St. Pierre rocked Fitch with a hard right that knocked Fitch down and St. Pierre just started dropping bombs. Miraculously, Fitch survived. St. Pierre went back to dropping all kinds of shots on Fitch before going back to the round. St. Pierre passed Fitch's guard, ending that streak. St. Pierre looks amazing here. St. Pierre got full mount as the round came to a close. 10-8 St. Pierre.
Round 2: The fight stayed standing with both men landing shots, but GSP was landing a hell of a lot more. Fitch started landing some good shots later in the round. 10-9 St. Pierre.
Round 3: St. Pierre rocked Fitch early with a big right hand that knocked Fitch down. He got on Fitch's back and got a hook in. Amazingly Fitch was able to turn it around and get on top. Fitch started dropping punches. St. Pierre regained the advantage. St. Pierre hit a knee and a high kick and Fitch looked to be about out. For the third or fourth time it looked to be over for Fitch but he survived. Great round for GSP, but amazing heart shown by Fitch. 10-9 St. Pierre.
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